The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Sunday asked all central educational institutions (CEIs) to extend reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) – except those falling within the “creamy layer” – from the coming academic session as per the Supreme Court order early this month.
The directive comes two days after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs decided to implement the court order in the CEI (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, despite some Ministers’ demands for a review petition on exclusion of the creamy layer.
On the demand for a review of the income criteria specified among the parameters to define the creamy layer, the Ministry for Social Justice & Empowerment (MSJE) has asked the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to examine the feasibility of revisiting its decision taken in 2004 in this regard.
In determining who is an OBC, the HRD Ministry has asked the CEIs to adopt the central List of OBCs prepared by the MSJE in consultation with the NCBC for reservation in jobs.
Similarly, an Office Memorandum – issued by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension on September 8, 1993, and amended on March 9, 2004 – will provide the yardstick for defining the creamy layer for now.
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